Archive for October, 2009

No matter what you want when it comes to diamond rings there’s something out there that will certainly meet the needs that you have. Take the time and effort to learn about the gem your buying and you’ll be sure to find something that you’ll appreciate even more than it’s brilliance, today we discuss ‘Dispersion’.

Diamond Tutorial: What is Dispersion?

Dispersion: Arranged around the table facet on the crown of the diamond are a number of smaller facets which are often angled down at differing degrees. These facets, and the angles they’ve been cut have been likely been designed to break apart the brilliant white light as it meets and reflects from the surface. As the diamond is tilted, this stunning effect appears as a play of small twinkles and glimpses of color across the entire surface of the diamond. It’s this effect that’s referred to as the diamond’s dispersion.

Dispersion is also sometimes referred to “fire”.

Continuing on our mission to explain the explainable about diamonds and their mysterious characteristics, in today’s diamond tutorial we’ll break the myth about ‘clouds’

Diamond Tutorial: What is a Cloud?

Clouds: Referring to a group of extremely small inclusions that are too tiny to distinguish from one another from either the naked eye or even under intense magnification.

The result is that, under a professional microscope, this inclusion grouping can appear as if like a soft transparent cloud. This tends to be visible only deep inside the diamond. These ‘clouds’ are not visible to the naked eye. In normal circumstances this type of inclusion does not impact in a any great way the diamond’s clarity grade or value.

We begin October with a short Diamond Tutorial Blog Series, when you buy diamonds there’s often terminology and features you don’t understand. During the month we’ll be myth busting about some of these terms and proving you don’t need to be an expert to understand the world of buying diamonds.

Diamond Tutorial: What are Carbon Spots?

Carbon Spots: Often a term that’s misunderstood by people inside and on the periphery of the jewelry and diamond business. It’s an expression used to describe the appearance of simple inclusions or a cluster of inclusions in a diamond. The word refers to these marks (inclusions) that have a dark appearance, not those that are white or transparent in appearance. You’ll need a microscope in most cases to see. These dark inclusions are never visible to the naked or untrained eye, and rarely affect the brilliance or value of the diamond.